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The tech sector has been a market-beating beast in recent years. Tech-heavy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT -0.12%) and the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ -0.06%) have delivered annual returns of more than 21% over the last three years.

EU tariff delay lifts hope for a trade deal, setting SPY, QQQ, XLK, XLI and VGK ETFs up for potential gains.

If you want to retire with at least $1 million in your nest egg, then putting a large lump sum of cash into the stock market and simply leaving it there for the long haul could be an excellent plan to achieve that. However, you don't want to put that money into just any kind of an investment.

Key Points in This Article: ETFs like QQQ and VTI offer diversification and low costs, with QQQ focusing on tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 growth and VTI covering the entire U.S.

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Despite the waves of turbulence in recent weeks, the S&P 500 (^GSPC -1.61%) has experienced a record-breaking few years. In the past five years alone, the index has surged by more than 103%, as of this writing.

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Deciding how to invest a lump sum of cash -- say, $50,000 -- is difficult.

The Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ has been on a tear, rallying 20.53% over the past month and pushing into its most overbought zone since last July.

VGT offers slightly lower fees and broader tech sector exposure, but is more top-heavy and excludes major tech names like Amazon, Google, and Meta. QQQ provides access to the full Magnificent 7, is less top-heavy, and includes non-tech growth leaders, but at a slightly higher expense ratio. VGT has outperformed QQQ over the past decade, but its long-term performance since inception has been below that of QQQ.